2001 Khaleej Times Trophy

The 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates in late October 2001.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Pakistanis won the tournament by defeating the Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the final.[2] All matches were held in Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Khaleej Times Trophy 2001-02
Date26 October – 4 November 2001
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Result Pakistan won the 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy
Player of the seriesMahela Jayawardene (Sri)
Teams
 Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe
Captains
Waqar Younis Sanath Jayasuriya Brian Murphy
Most runs
Shahid Afridi (194) Mahela Jayawardene (252) Grant Flower (138)
Most wickets
Shoaib Akhtar (9) Muttiah Muralitharan (7) Gary Brent (7)

Squads
 Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe

Matches

1st ODI
26 October (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
256/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
193 (50 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 92 (110)
Sean Ervine 2/46 (9 overs)
Sean Ervine 47 (67)
Charitha Buddhika 5/67 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and George Sharp (Eng)
Player of the match: Charitha Buddhika (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Charitha Buddhika (Sri) made his ODI debut.
  • This was Zimbabwe's 12th consecutive defeat in ODIs.[3]
  • Points: Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0.

2nd ODI
27 October (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
176 (46.2 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
177/3 (50 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 47 (72)
Dilhara Fernando 3/43 (7 overs)
Avishka Gunawardene 88 (123)
Shoaib Akhtar 2/39 (7.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Avishka Gunawardene (Sri)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Taufeeq Umar (Pak) and Prabath Nissanka (Sri) both made their ODI debuts.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 5, Pakistan 0.

3rd ODI
28 October (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
279/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
173 (39.1 overs)
Shahid Afridi 67 (81)
Grant Flower 1/22 (4 overs)
Andy Flower 43 (71)
Shoaib Malik 3/42 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 106 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Trevor Gripper (Zim) made his ODI debut.
  • Points: Pakistan 5, Zimbabwe 0.

4th ODI
30 October (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
250 (49.4 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
171/8 (50 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 63 (78)
Heath Streak 4/59 (10 overs)
Douglas Marillier 52 (68)
Kumar Dharmasena 3/26 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 79 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0.

5th ODI
31 October (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
261/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
232 (46.2 overs)
Younis Khan 59 (81)
Sean Ervine 3/29 (7 overs)
Grant Flower 91 (128)
Wasim Akram 3/19 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 29 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Danish Kaneria and Naved Latif (both Pak) made their ODI debuts.
  • Points: Pakistan 4, Zimbabwe 0.

6th ODI
2 November (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
272/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
273/3 (49.2 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 84 (83)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/45 (10 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 118* (124)
Charitha Buddhika 1/35 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Naved Latif (Pak)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri) passed 9,000 ODI runs, becoming third Sri Lanka to do so.[4]
  • Naved Latif (Pak) made his maiden ODI century.
  • Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) made his 8th ODI century.
  • Points: Pakistan 4, Sri Lanka 0.

Final
4 November (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
173 (44.2 overs)
v
 Pakistan
177/5 (43.4 overs)
Russell Arnold 84 (83)
Waqar Younis 3/31 (8.2 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 40 (69)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/22 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan won the 2001/02 Khaleej Times Trophy
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References
  1. "Khaleej Times Trophy, 2001-02". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. "Pakistan overwhelm Sri Lanka in low-scoring final at Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. "Zimbabwe suffer 12th successive defeat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "Inzamam, Naveed Latif take Pakistan to victory". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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